Scaling and intermittency of brain events as a manifestation of consciousness

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1510, Issue , 2013, Pages 151-161

  Paradisi, P ^a   Allegrini, P ^b,c   Gemignani, A ^c,d   Laurino, M ^b,c   Menicucci, D ^b,c   Piarulli, A ^c  

^a ISTI CNR   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

consciousness; critical brain; diffusion scaling; fractal intermittency; renewal point processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886364652     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4776519     Document Type: Conference Paper

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